Monthly Social Meet & Greet -DATE CHANGE

Temorarily Moving The Oct Meet Up Date - Since Art and I are both attending the Eastern Sierras Trip when our monthly meet up occurs, I elected to temporarily move the Oct Social Hour to the following weekend. I suspect we'll have lots of tales of adventure to share upon our return. Particularly because some of us will be returning from the Mt Shasta trip in addition to the Eastern Sierras. We'll return to the 1 Sundays in Nov. So please make note on your calendars.

and now a word from our sponsor....

Hi everyone. This is something that we started to do when we founded the meetup group and intended to carry forward on a Monthly basis. But, then we started growing and doing more and more field trips. But, we need to get back to doing this on a more frequent basis.

We are going to hold a very casual and informal social hour meet and greet in Sand City. There have been a lot of new members joining the fold. Also there are alot of you that have signed up in our group but have not had the opportunity to join us on our many field trips. We wanna share some face time!

What better way to get acquainted than to get together outside of the field, share a drink or two, share some stories about some recent trips, share some photos and get to know one another?

We'll have more information available about our upcoming field trips and worksops. This will include Itinerary information, goals as outlined by the event organizers, and also a chance to give folks an idea of how we typically run our Field Trips both near and far.

Come on out if you can. Bring some photos to share, digital or prints. If you have ideas for possible shoots, or workshops, share your ideas with the group. We always have a good time at our social. I will be there from 6:30 to around 8 PM. Just look for Art and his Mac Laptop/SF Giants jacket or Michelle and a motorcycle helmet (see profile pics). We will get a table for the crew. RSVP ASAP. :D

Hooo doggie! What a humdinger the past 12 days have been. I hosted the Mt Shasta trip, was home for 2 days and then dashed off to host the Eastern Sierras trip. But it was guuuud. I'm sleep deprived and my living room looks like REI exploded... gotta unpack all my camping gear, but it was worth the mess. Lots to tell and hopefully I'll have a few pics edited to share.
So...allye allye home come free! See ya at the meet up!Michelle

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